Bird was foraging with a small mixed flock of OCWA,YRWA,RCKI etc. Bird was
pished in at close range. Whiteish/Gray underparts, no chestnut on bird. Nice
white eye ring. Crown was a bright lime green, back was smooth looking and same
color as crown. Wingbars where kind of yellowish or off white.

Song
or call & method of delivery:

Silent

Behavior:

At times tail was cocked and wings drooped.

Habitat:

Riparian with a creek

Similar
species and
how
were they eliminated:

Maybe confused with a blue gray gnatcatcher but the Lime green crown, and nice
yellowish wingbars seperated the two.

Previous
experience with
this & similar species:

Had a first fall female winter in my home town (Orange County, CA) the beginning
of this year.